COVER INFORMATION Station: IRBENE (Code Ir ) Experiment: Network Monitoring Experiment Exp. Code: N11C3 Schedule Version: 1.00 Processed by SCHED version: 9.40 Release Jan. 13, 2011. PI: Mehreen Mahmud Address: JIVE Postbus 2 7990 AA Dwingeloo The Netherlands Phone: +31-521-596506 EMAIL: mahmud@jive.nl Fax: Phone during observation: +31-521-596506 Observing mode: Notes: Please send the disk pack by express to JIVE COVER LETTER: This is the schedule for the 6cm NME on 20 Oct 2011 involving 14 antennas: Ef Wb Jb1 On Mc Tr Ys Ur Sh Sv Zc Bd Hh, Irbene The NME uses a standard setup with 512 Mbps, with a few long integrations on J1800+3848 and a phase referencing part with NRAO512 and 3C345. Three ftp tests are scheduled: ~12:18 UT (scan 2, 2 sec, J1800+3848) ~13:14 UT (scan 16, 2 sec, 3C345) ~14:33 UT (scan 35, 2 sec, J1800+3848) Please make sure that the autoftp is set up correctly. Good luck with the session! Mehreen Schedule for IRBENE (Code Ir ) Page 2 Network Monitoring Experiment UP: D => Below limits; H => Below horizon mask; W => still slewing at end; blank => Up. Early: Seconds between end of slew and start. Dwell: On source seconds. Disk: GBytes recorded to this point. TPStart: Recording start time. Frequencies are LO sum (band edge). SYNC: Time correlator is expected to sync up. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Start UT Source Start / Stop Early Disk TPStart Stop UT LST EL AZ HA UP ParA Dwell GBytes SYNC ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- Thu 20 Oct 2011 Day 293 --- Next scan frequencies: 4966.49 4966.49 4966.49 4966.49 4982.49 4982.49 4982.49 4982.49 4998.49 4998.49 4998.49 4998.49 5014.49 5014.49 5014.49 5014.49 Next BBC frequencies: 366.49 366.49 366.49 366.49 382.49 382.49 382.49 382.49 398.49 398.49 398.49 398.49 414.49 414.49 414.49 414.49 Next scan bandwidths: 8.00 8.00 8.00 8.00 8.00 8.00 8.00 8.00 8.00 8.00 8.00 8.00 8.00 8.00 8.00 8.00 12 00 00 J1800+3848 15 21 49 58.3-251.2 -2.6 -40.7 0 0 12 00 00 12 08 00 =1758+388 15 29 51 59.3-248.9 -2.5 -40.0 480 31 12 00 01 12 10 00 J1800+3848 15 31 51 59.5-248.3 -2.5 -39.8 118 31 12 10 00 12 20 00 =1758+388 15 41 53 60.8-245.3 -2.3 -38.7 600 70 12 10 01 12 25 00 3C345 15 46 53 70.0-213.3 -0.9 -22.5 144 70 12 25 00 12 28 00 --- 15 49 54 70.2-211.7 -0.9 -21.5 180 81 12 25 01 12 28 00 NRAO512 15 49 54 70.4-210.4 -0.8 -20.7 -9 81 No stop 12 32 00 --- 15 53 55 70.7-208.2 -0.8 -19.2 231 97 12 28 01 12 32 00 3C345 15 53 55 70.5-209.6 -0.8 -20.2 -9 97 No stop 12 34 00 --- 15 55 55 70.7-208.5 -0.8 -19.4 111 105 12 32 01 12 34 00 NRAO512 15 55 55 70.8-207.1 -0.7 -18.5 -9 105 No stop 12 38 00 --- 15 59 56 71.0-204.8 -0.7 -17.0 231 120 12 34 01 12 39 00 3C345 16 00 56 71.0-205.7 -0.7 -17.6 51 120 12 39 00 12 41 00 --- 16 02 56 71.1-204.6 -0.7 -16.9 120 128 12 39 01 12 41 00 NRAO512 16 02 56 71.2-203.1 -0.6 -15.9 -10 128 No stop 12 45 00 --- 16 06 57 71.4-200.8 -0.6 -14.4 230 143 12 41 01 12 45 00 3C345 16 06 57 71.3-202.3 -0.6 -15.3 -9 143 No stop 12 47 00 --- 16 08 57 71.4-201.1 -0.6 -14.6 111 151 12 45 01 12 47 00 NRAO512 16 08 57 71.5-199.6 -0.5 -13.6 -10 151 No stop 12 51 00 --- 16 12 58 71.6-197.3 -0.5 -11.9 230 166 12 47 01 12 52 00 3C345 16 13 58 71.6-198.2 -0.5 -12.6 51 166 12 52 00 12 54 00 --- 16 15 58 71.7-197.0 -0.5 -11.8 120 174 12 52 01 Schedule for IRBENE (Code Ir ) Page 3 Network Monitoring Experiment UP: D => Below limits; H => Below horizon mask; W => still slewing at end; blank => Up. Early: Seconds between end of slew and start. Dwell: On source seconds. Disk: GBytes recorded to this point. TPStart: Recording start time. Frequencies are LO sum (band edge). SYNC: Time correlator is expected to sync up. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Start UT Source Start / Stop Early Disk TPStart Stop UT LST EL AZ HA UP ParA Dwell GBytes SYNC ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- Thu 20 Oct 2011 Day 293 --- 12 54 00 NRAO512 16 15 58 71.8-195.4 -0.4 -10.7 -10 174 No stop 12 58 00 --- 16 19 59 71.9-193.0 -0.3 -9.0 230 190 12 54 01 12 58 00 3C345 16 19 59 71.8-194.5 -0.4 -10.1 -9 190 No stop 13 00 00 --- 16 21 59 71.9-193.3 -0.4 -9.3 111 197 12 58 01 13 00 00 NRAO512 16 21 59 71.9-191.8 -0.3 -8.2 -10 197 No stop 13 04 00 --- 16 26 00 72.0-189.3 -0.2 -6.5 230 213 13 00 01 13 05 00 3C345 16 27 00 72.0-190.2 -0.3 -7.1 50 213 13 05 00 13 07 00 --- 16 29 00 72.1-189.0 -0.2 -6.3 120 221 13 05 01 13 09 00 3C345 16 31 01 72.1-187.8 -0.2 -5.4 118 221 13 09 00 13 17 00 --- 16 39 02 72.2-182.7 -0.1 -1.9 480 252 13 09 01 13 19 00 3C345 16 41 02 72.2-181.5 -0.0 -1.0 118 252 13 19 00 13 22 30 --- 16 44 33 72.2-179.3 0.0 0.5 210 265 13 19 01 13 24 30 NRAO512 16 46 33 72.2-176.4 0.1 2.5 109 265 13 24 30 13 28 00 --- 16 50 04 72.1-174.2 0.2 4.0 210 279 13 24 31 13 28 00 3C345 16 50 04 72.2-175.8 0.1 2.9 -9 279 No stop 13 29 30 --- 16 51 34 72.2-174.8 0.1 3.6 81 284 13 28 01 13 29 30 NRAO512 16 51 34 72.1-173.3 0.2 4.7 -10 284 No stop 13 33 00 --- 16 55 05 72.1-171.1 0.2 6.2 200 298 13 29 31 13 34 00 3C345 16 56 05 72.1-172.0 0.2 5.6 51 298 13 34 00 13 35 30 --- 16 57 35 72.1-171.1 0.2 6.2 90 304 13 34 01 13 37 30 NRAO512 16 59 35 72.0-168.3 0.3 8.1 110 304 13 37 30 13 41 00 --- 17 03 06 71.8-166.2 0.4 9.6 210 317 13 37 31 13 41 00 3C345 17 03 06 72.0-167.7 0.3 8.6 -9 317 No stop 13 42 30 --- 17 04 36 71.9-166.8 0.4 9.2 81 323 13 41 01 13 42 30 NRAO512 17 04 36 71.8-165.3 0.4 10.2 -10 323 No stop 13 46 00 --- 17 08 07 71.7-163.2 0.5 11.7 200 337 13 42 31 13 47 00 3C345 17 09 07 71.8-164.0 0.4 11.1 51 337 13 47 00 13 48 30 --- 17 10 37 71.7-163.1 0.5 11.7 90 343 13 47 01 13 50 30 NRAO512 17 12 37 71.5-160.5 0.5 13.5 110 343 13 50 30 13 54 00 --- 17 16 08 71.3-158.4 0.6 14.9 210 356 13 50 31 Schedule for IRBENE (Code Ir ) Page 4 Network Monitoring Experiment UP: D => Below limits; H => Below horizon mask; W => still slewing at end; blank => Up. Early: Seconds between end of slew and start. Dwell: On source seconds. Disk: GBytes recorded to this point. TPStart: Recording start time. Frequencies are LO sum (band edge). SYNC: Time correlator is expected to sync up. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Start UT Source Start / Stop Early Disk TPStart Stop UT LST EL AZ HA UP ParA Dwell GBytes SYNC ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- Thu 20 Oct 2011 Day 293 --- 13 54 00 3C345 17 16 08 71.5-159.9 0.5 13.9 -9 356 No stop 13 55 30 --- 17 17 38 71.4-159.0 0.6 14.5 81 362 13 54 01 13 55 30 NRAO512 17 17 38 71.2-157.6 0.6 15.5 -9 362 No stop 13 59 00 --- 17 21 09 71.1-155.6 0.7 16.8 201 375 13 55 31 14 00 00 3C345 17 22 09 71.2-156.4 0.6 16.3 51 375 14 00 00 14 01 30 --- 17 23 39 71.1-155.5 0.7 16.8 90 381 14 00 01 14 03 30 NRAO512 17 25 40 70.8-153.0 0.7 18.5 111 381 14 03 30 14 07 00 --- 17 29 10 70.6-151.1 0.8 19.7 210 395 14 03 31 14 07 00 3C345 17 29 10 70.8-152.4 0.8 18.9 -8 395 No stop 14 08 30 --- 17 30 40 70.7-151.6 0.8 19.4 82 401 14 07 01 14 08 30 NRAO512 17 30 40 70.5-150.3 0.8 20.2 -9 401 No stop 14 12 00 --- 17 34 11 70.2-148.4 0.9 21.4 201 414 14 08 31 14 13 00 3C345 17 35 11 70.4-149.2 0.9 21.0 52 414 14 13 00 14 14 30 --- 17 36 41 70.3-148.4 0.9 21.5 90 420 14 13 01 14 17 30 J1800+3848 17 39 42 70.9-192.7 -0.4 -8.7 -42 420 14 17 30 14 22 30 =1758+388 17 44 43 71.1-189.7 -0.3 -6.7 258 439 14 17 31 14 25 30 J1800+3848 17 47 43 71.1-187.9 -0.2 -5.4 178 439 14 25 30 14 35 30 =1758+388 17 57 45 71.3-181.9 -0.1 -1.3 600 478 14 25 31 14 37 30 J1800+3848 17 59 45 71.3-180.6 -0.0 -0.4 118 478 14 37 30 14 52 30 =1758+388 18 14 48 71.1-171.6 0.2 5.8 900 536 14 37 31 SETUP FILE INFORMATION: NOTE: If DOPPLER, FREQ, or BW were used, see the individual scans for the final BBC settings. Setup file: sess311.C512 --- WARNING --- This group does not match an entry in the frequency catalog. This might be ok because the catalog is not complete. But be very careful to be sure that the setup is correct. Setup group: 14 Station: IRBENE Total bit rate: 512 Format: MKIV1:2 Bits per sample: 2 Sample rate: 16.000 Number of channels: 16 DBE type: Speedup factor: 1.00 Disk used to record data. 1st LO= 4600.00 4600.00 4600.00 4600.00 4600.00 4600.00 4600.00 4600.00 4600.00 4600.00 4600.00 4600.00 4600.00 4600.00 4600.00 4600.00 Net SB= L L U U L L U U L L U U L L U U Pol. = RCP LCP RCP LCP RCP LCP RCP LCP RCP LCP RCP LCP RCP LCP RCP LCP BBC = 1 5 1 5 2 6 2 6 3 7 3 7 4 8 4 8 BBC SB= L L U U L L U U L L U U L L U U IF = B D B D B D B D B D B D B D B D The following frequency sets based on this setup were used. Frequency Set: 14 Setup file default. LO sum= 4966.49 4966.49 4966.49 4966.49 4982.49 4982.49 4982.49 4982.49 4998.49 4998.49 4998.49 4998.49 5014.49 5014.49 5014.49 5014.49 BBC fr= 366.49 366.49 366.49 366.49 382.49 382.49 382.49 382.49 398.49 398.49 398.49 398.49 414.49 414.49 414.49 414.49 Bandwd= 8.000 8.000 8.000 8.000 8.000 8.000 8.000 8.000 8.000 8.000 8.000 8.000 8.000 8.000 8.000 8.000 Track assignments are: track1= 2, 10, 18, 26, 3, 11, 19, 27, 66, 74, 82, 90, 67, 75, 83, 91 barrel=roll_off SOURCES USED IN RECORDING SCANS -- Network Monitoring Experiment Catalog positions marked with *. Precession of date coordinates is based on stop time of first scan. Names used in schedule marked with *. Short names used in VLA and SNAP files marked with +. Observation date used in B1950/J2000 coordinate conversion (PRECDATE): 1979.900 No adjustments are made for rates (DRA, DDEC). Scan hours are for recording scans only. Baseline hours are only counted for scans above horizon at both ends. Source Source position (RA/Dec) Error (B1950) (J2000) (Date) (mas) J1640+3946 16 38 48.169688 * 16 40 29.632772 16 40 52.911254 0.01 1638+398 39 52 30.08668 * 39 46 46.02849 39 45 38.84612 0.01 J1640+39 /aps3/sched9.4/catalogs/sources.vlba * NRAO512 GSFC 2010a astro solution 96956 Observations 0.867 scan and 70.443 baseline hours in setup: sess311.C512 J1642+3948 16 41 17.606228 * 16 42 58.809965 16 43 22.037741 0.81 * 3C345 39 54 10.81494 * 39 48 36.99400 39 47 32.40349 0.54 1641+399 /aps3/sched9.4/catalogs/sources.vlba J1642+39 GSFC 2010a astro solution 52595 Observations 0.642 scan and 50.604 baseline hours in setup: sess311.C512 * J1800+3848 17 58 44.703953 * 18 00 24.765362 18 00 48.187828 0.02 1758+388 38 48 32.47354 * 38 48 30.69752 38 48 49.18341 0.02 J1800+38 /aps3/sched9.4/catalogs/sources.vlba GSFC 2010a astro solution 1963 Observations 0.800 scan and 72.650 baseline hours in setup: sess311.C512 The solar corona can cause unstable phases for sources too close to the Sun. SCHED provides warnings at individual scans for distances less than 10 degrees. The distance from the Sun to each source in this schedule is: Source Sun distance (deg) NRAO512 65.4 3C345 65.8 J1800+3848 78.0 Barry Clark estimates from predictions by Ketan Desai of IPM scattering sizes that the Sun will cause amplitude reductions on the longest VLBA baselines at a solar distance of 60deg F^(-0.6) where F is in GHz. For common VLBI bands, this is: 327 MHz 117. deg 610 MHz 81. deg 1.6 GHz 45. deg 2.3 GHz 36. deg 5.0 GHz 23. deg 8.4 GHz 17. deg 15.0 GHz 12. deg 22.0 GHz 9. deg 43.0 GHz 6. deg